Bay City News Service
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With a prolonged heat wave still affecting most of the Bay Area, PG&E and the state's power grid operator are encouraging people on Wednesday to again reduce their energy use to avoid the possibility of rotating power outages.
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With electricity demand possibly hitting a historic all-time high for the state on Tuesday amid a prolonged heat wave, the California Independent System Operator, or CAISO, warned residents to be ready for potential rotating power outages in the evening hours.
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The city of Concord will keep its open spaces closed through Thursday.
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It’s hot outside. And according to the local weather forecast, it’s going to stay that way in the Bay Area and throughout the state until at least Thursday.
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As Californians hunker down during a punishing heat wave, state officials on Monday issued a power grid emergency alert and renewed pleas for consumers to find ways to cut back on electricity use to help avoid rolling blackouts.
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On Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he's signing a first-in-the-nation bill creating a council to regulate wages and working conditions in fast food restaurants.
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An East Bay state legislator's bill protecting reproductive digital information handled by companies headquartered in California passed the Legislature on Wednesday and awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature.
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You may have heard or felt the heatwave that’s here for the Labor Day weekend. Temperatures in some parts of the bay will reach over 100 degrees.
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Crews were out Wednesday morning along the shores of Oakland's Lake Merritt cleaning up dead fish that have died off in large numbers, a spokesperson for the city's Public Works Department said.
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Oakland’s Madison Park Academy re-opened Tuesday morning, the day after a 13-year-old student was shot and injured by a fellow student Monday afternoon.